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Facebook page. «It is with heavy hearts that the family of Otis Redding III confirms that he lost his battle with cancer last evening at Atrium Health Navicent in Macon, Ga,» Redding-Andrews wrote. «Otis was 59 years old. Please keep our family in your prayers at this time and please respect our privacy as we consume this huge loss.

Otis Redding III, the singer and guitarist who had followed his father Otis Redding into the music business, died of cancer Tuesday in Macon, Georgia. He was 59.

St George’s Day is approaching and, as ever, it’s the opportunity to celebrate all that is quintessentially English, from Sunday roasts to village greens to singing Jerusalem, to incessant rain to our wealth of excellent cheeses.

Angelique Jackson The second annual Strength of a Woman Summit will be hosted by producer, actor and 11-time NAACP Image Award winner Marsai Martin. The summit is presented as part of the Strength of a Woman Festival — launched by Mary J. Blige and Pepsi in partnership with Live Nation Urban — a four day celebration devoted to music, comedy, female empowerment and community building, scheduled for May 11-14. Held on May 13 at AmericasMart in Atlanta, Ga., the experiential summit is billed as “the ultimate destination bringing the festival’s mission and purpose of empowerment, elevation, education and equity to life with engaging experiences and panel discussions focused on wellness, creators, entrepreneurship, beauty, financial literacy, tech and health equity.”

It was tree time instead of tee time Friday at the 87th Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia.

Sam Bennett is one of the top golfers at the 2023 Masters — and everyone wants to know all about the reigning U.S. Amateur champion.

A new spring in his step! Phil “Lefty” Mickelson showed up at the Masters 25 pounds lighter following his recent weight loss journey.

“Good Golly, Miss Molly,” Little Richard wailed about a bad girl who “sure like to ball.”But no doubt — it was the late rock legend who was a sex fiend himself.“I had all these orgies going on,” he reveals in the new documentary “Little Richard: I Am Everything,” which has a special one-night-only opening in theaters on Tuesday before hitting additional cinemas and pay-per-view on April 21.He was thirsty for both men and women: “I just loved whatever came. You know, I didn’t refuse nothin’ if you knocked on my door and I wanted more.

A New York grand jury today indicted Donald Trump on charges related to hush-money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels during his 2016 campaign, according to multiple media outlets. It’s a development that the former president has seized upon to rally his supporters against prosecutors.

Liv Tyler has officially returned to the Marvel Cinematic Universe and there’s already photos of her on the Captain America 4 set!

Ellise Shafer Reese Witherspoon and former CAA agent Jim Toth announced on Friday that they will be divorcing after nearly 12 years of marriage. In a joint statement posted to Instagram, Witherspoon and Toth wrote: “It is with a great deal of care and consideration that we have made the difficult decision to divorce. We have enjoyed so many wonderful years together and are moving forward with deep love, kindness and mutual respect for everything we have created together. Our biggest priority is our son and our entire family as we navigate this next chapter. These matters are never easy and are extremely personal. We truly appreciate everyone’s respect for our family’s privacy at this time.”

Former President Donald Trump said that he expected to be arrested on Tuesday as part of the Manhattan District Attorney’s investigation, while he also called on his supporters to protest the move.

It’s official – Charity Lawson is the next Bachelorette!

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior Correspondent When one door closes, another one opens — and for ABC contestant Charity Lawson, her “Bachelor” breakup with Shallcross that aired last night was the best thing to ever happen to her. Why? Because now she’s the star of her own show. Lawson has been cast as ABC’s newest leading lady for “The Bachelorette” Season 20, which will air this summer. The announcement was made on Tuesday night’s episode of “The Bachelor: Women Tell All” where host Jesse Palmer surprised Lawson with the news. “Women Tell All” taped on the Warner Bros. lot on February 24th, and when Lawson’s “Bachelorette” announcement was made, the set was cleared so members of the media who were present were not made privy to the news. Variety was at the taping of “Women Tell All,” and the scene with Lawson was the last piece filmed that day. It’s typical for “The Bachelor” and “Bachelorette” casting news to leak, so the franchise pulled off a rare feat with no leaks of Lawson’s big news.

Charity Lawson is getting another chance to find love. The 27-year-old from Columbus, Georgia, has been chosen to lead Season 20 of ABC‘s The Bachelorette.

according to The Washington Post. “Had he sent them back to Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, the states, I believe, No. 1, you have had a different outcome.

Drew Sidora is accusing estranged husband Ralph Pittman of being a «serial cheater and adulterer» in her divorce petition.According to legal documents, obtained by ET, the  star filed for divorce on March 1 in Gwinnett County, Georgia, and said the marriage is «irretrievably broken» after claiming Pittman «has committed adultery» and «committed cruel treatment towards her.»In the documents, Sidora is also asking for temporary and permanent physical custody of their two minor children. She also wants joint legal custody but final decision-making authority on all major decisions of the children awarded to her.

Such a heartbreaking end to this missing person’s case…

Adam Driver looks like a totally different person while on the set of his new movie, Megalopolis.

Angelique Jackson Following a buzzy world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival, HBO Films has acquired the U.S. rights to the docudrama “Reality,” starring Sydney Sweeney. In the film, directed by Tina Satter, Sweeney portrays Reality Winner, a woman convicted of leaking a confidential report on Russian election interference to the media. The film contains verbatim dialogue from the unedited transcript of a FBI audio recording, capturing a tense 90 minutes as the FBI interrogates Winner at her home in 2017. The whistleblower — a former U.S. Air Force member and National Security Agency translator — was sentenced to five years in prison. Satter makes her feature directorial debut with the film, based on her 2019 stage play “Is This a Room.” She also executive produced the project and co-wrote the screenplay with James Paul Dallas.

ABC News Studios have released a trailer for a forthcoming documentary called Rap Trap: Hip-Hop on Trial. Premiering February 23 on Hulu, the film will focus on the trials of Young Thug and Gunna within the broader indictment targeting their YSL crew.

Jessica Kiang In the widely covered story of the U.S. intelligence operative harshly sentenced in 2018 for leaking a confidential report on Russian election interference to The Intercept, the accidental (in)appropriateness of the operative’s name was always an eyecatching detail. Could one of recent reality’s most highly public losers actually be called Reality Winner? Playwright Tina Satter’s enormously compelling film-directing debut adds another layer of cosmic irony to that nominative determinism. In using the title “Reality,” and being scripted verbatim from exchanges recorded by the FBI during Winner’s 2017 surprise interrogation, Satter not only vividly revisits the story, she also makes us question the very relationship between a narrative film and the truth it claims to expose. Reality can be stranger than fiction, but “Reality” fuses the two to become stranger, and more riveting, still. 

Stormzy and Nick Cave were among the famous figures who attended Vivienne Westwood’s funeral yesterday (February 16).The legendary British fashion designer and environmental activist died “peacefully” in Clapham, south London on December 29, 2022. She was 81 years old.As BBC News reports, the memorial service for Westwood was held at Southwark Cathedral.

Playboy Carti is facing charges of aggravated assault after he allegedly choked his girlfriend during an apparent dispute in Fulton County, Georgia late last year. The news of this arrest and the allega

Revealing her past. Heather Gay opened up about her DUI arrest in her new book — and even her family didn’t know about it.

EMBARGOED UNTIL 9:40PM PT THURSDAYMost documentaries about pioneering musicians are celebrations that exhibit the performer’s greatness right off the bat through electric concert footage and testimonials. Lisa Cortés’ “Little Richard: I Am Everything” does that, of course, with Little Richard ripping it up onstage and on screen, and Mick Jagger, Tom Jones, and John Waters testifying to his power.